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<blockquote data-quote="karisma" data-source="post: 695997" data-attributes="member: 20391"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Hi Rosebud, </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I'm sorry for your pain over your son. It is very depressing, I agree</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">My son is also has assistance resistance. He. Doesn't. Want. Help. So, there is nothing we can do because they have a right to decide this. My Difficult Child is psychotic, but I still can not force him. Psychotic people have rights in this country as it turns out. I think it is ridiculous that someone who doesn't know reality is allowed to decide for themselves...but that is a rant for another time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">If he has been hitchhiking around the U.S. for 16 years, he must have some serious survival skills that he can use to make this situation work out also. So try to take comfort in that.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Ah yes, I am quite familiar with the old "How dare you remind me what I said I would do that I didn't do...I will teach you not to speak of such things by verbally abusing you". And honestly it did change my behavior. Reminding my Difficult Child of these things never resulted in anything positive. None of my words ever had the positive effect intended on Difficult Child. So I learned to shut my mouth (for the most part) to avoid the fight that would ensue. I am quite sure I did not do the right thing there, but I had to have some peace sometimes. I learned to choose my battles.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Others will be along with advice and comforting words. I just wanted to say hello and welcome. We do understand and you are not alone in this.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="karisma, post: 695997, member: 20391"] [FONT=Arial]Hi Rosebud, I'm sorry for your pain over your son. It is very depressing, I agree My son is also has assistance resistance. He. Doesn't. Want. Help. So, there is nothing we can do because they have a right to decide this. My Difficult Child is psychotic, but I still can not force him. Psychotic people have rights in this country as it turns out. I think it is ridiculous that someone who doesn't know reality is allowed to decide for themselves...but that is a rant for another time. If he has been hitchhiking around the U.S. for 16 years, he must have some serious survival skills that he can use to make this situation work out also. So try to take comfort in that. Ah yes, I am quite familiar with the old "How dare you remind me what I said I would do that I didn't do...I will teach you not to speak of such things by verbally abusing you". And honestly it did change my behavior. Reminding my Difficult Child of these things never resulted in anything positive. None of my words ever had the positive effect intended on Difficult Child. So I learned to shut my mouth (for the most part) to avoid the fight that would ensue. I am quite sure I did not do the right thing there, but I had to have some peace sometimes. I learned to choose my battles. Others will be along with advice and comforting words. I just wanted to say hello and welcome. We do understand and you are not alone in this.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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